Happy Thanksgiving

I was playing with the new Karen Burniston Postage Pop-up yesterday and pulled out several other sets to go with it.  On the front of my 5" x 5" card I used both Autumn Elements and Word Set 7 - Autumn.

On the inside you'll find the new Postage Pop-up.  I have found that I like the look of sponging through the openings in the main die so that there is a rim around the layering pieces.  I again added pieces from Autumn Elements (the pumpkin), as well as Oven Extras (the cooked turkey), Picnic Elements (the pie), Feathered Animals (the other turkey), and Word Set 7 - Autumn.  Celebrate is a die of its own, and the two small leaves are stamps that I found in my stash.

 This is a real fun, generic die set.  You could use it for any purpose.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - Just . . .

This month's Karen Burniston Designer Challenge is "Just . . . ,"  We were to create a card with a theme of "just . . . something."  This challenge is the perfect opportunity to use the brand-new word set -- Just Because.  

I'm wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving .  . . "just" a bit early.  I used the new set, along with the Landscape Rectangle Accordion (a new favorite of mine), Autumn Elements, Feathered Animals, and a few different word sets.  I did a bit of "word surgery" on the front.  Word Set 2 - Birthday has the word "wish" but not wishing.  So I cut the "ing" from "thinking" in Word Set 1 - Greetings and added it to the "wish to create my sentiment.

The inside of my card has all sorts of autumn/Thanksgiving images -- even a pumpkin pie!

A couple of close-up photos of the inside spread of my card gives you a better look at all the Thanksgiving elements.

CCEE2229 - National Picnic Month

My last CCEE Stampers challenge for the month is to celebrate National Picnic Month.  It's the middle of summer, so I asked the team to include something on their cards that would be part of a picnic (picnic  basket, checkered tablecloth, picnic food, or even ants).

Some of my favorite stamps are from Paper Nest Dolls.  The one on my card is called Lemonade Avery, and she's bringing some lemonade to our summer picnic.

Inside the card I used one of my favorite go-to dies from Karen Burniston, the Katherine Label Pop-Up.  You can use this die for any type of card.  I put a checkered picnic tablecloth, picnic basket and a pitcher of lemonade on it.  Oh, look -- there are even some ants.  The new Mini Alphabet & Numbers were perfect for spelling out the operative word for our challenge.

Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more summer fun.

CCEE2213 - "No Housework Day"

Liz Williams starts her month-long stint as hostess for the CCEE Stampers by celebrating "No Housework Day."  She told us to spend the day in our stamp rooms, celebrating by doing a "Free for All" card theme of our choice.  

I spent almost a complete day on this Easter card, so I guess that qualifies for this challenge.  The front didn't take all that long . . .

. . . it was the inside that took most of the day.

I attached the bunny to a separate piece of cardstock so that he could stand independent from the card.

Be sure to stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog to see how the rest of the team spent their day.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Tag Books

The Karen Burniston Designer Challenge for July is to use one of the KB Tag Books -- either as the card itself or as an element inside a standard-size card.  I went the second route, using the Circle Tag Book inside my A2 card.  

The front of my card lets you know that July is National Picnic Month.  Using the Alphabet set, I spelled out JULY.  Then I added a picnic blanket and some other picnic elements. "National Picnic Month" was done with a label maker.

After cutting the grass panels using one of the dies in the Nature's Edges set, I glued in the Circle Tag Book and added some more picnic items -- a watermelon slice, some fruit, a cupcake and a pie from various KB die sets.

I hope you like my tribute to National Picnic Month.

C4C591 - Picnic Month/Barbecue Day

Apparently July is Picnic Month and the 4th of July is Barbecue Day, so the challenge for the Crazy4Challenge team members is to create a card incorporating either a picnic or barbecue theme.   I recently picked up some BBQ stickers at Hobby Lobby, and they were perfect for my challenge card.  The sentiment, picnic blanket and cute little parade of ants are from Karen Burniston.

The Hobby Lobby stickers fill up the inside of my card, adhered strategically on the new Karen Burniston Flower Pivot Panels.

Check out the Crazy4Challenges blog for some more picnic/BBQ fun.